How West, Central and South Asia Are Interconnecting

January 6, 2021

It’s one of those quintessential journeys that make people dream: Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad by train. Let’s call it ITI. Soon, in early 2021, ITI will become a reality. But, initially, just as a freig…

Syria’s International Conference on Refugees Is a Masterclass in Balancing

November 17, 2020

Opinion

The kinetic phase of the Hybrid War of Terror on Syria has mostly drawn to a close, as evidenced by the milestone event of the country hosting an international conference on the return of refugees, wh…

Pakistan Made a Compelling Case That India Is a State Sponsor of Terrorism

November 16, 2020

Opinion

Pakistan released a detailed dossier during a press conference on Saturday strongly making the case that India is a state sponsor of terrorism whose intelligence services have weaponized this phenomen…

Russia Can Benefit from Azerbaijan’s Strengthened Relations with Iran & Pakistan

October 11, 2020

Opinion

Azerbaijan's recently strengthened relations with Iran and Pakistan following their governments' full support of Baku's territorial integrity in line with four UNSC Resolutions on the matter could gre…

India Implodes Its Own New Silk Road

September 9, 2020

Opinion

There was a time when New Delhi was proudly selling the notion of establishing its own New Silk Road – from the Gulf of Oman to the intersection of Central and South Asia – to compete with China’s Bel…

It Was Inevitable That India Would Seek to Actively ‘Contain’ China

September 6, 2020

Opinion

There's no longer any doubt that India seeks to actively “contain” China after the latest incident between Asia's two most populous countries over the weekend along the Line of Actual Control, though …

Is Russia Backtracking on BRI?

September 3, 2020

Opinion

The critical assessment of China's Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) last month by the influential Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far Eastern Studies coupled with India's eag…

India’s Island Bases Might Be a Game-Changer in Its Regional Competition with China

August 31, 2020

Opinion

India's plans to construct full-fledged fighter bases in the union territories of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as well as Lakshadweep might prove to be game-changers in its regional competition w…